Shloka 37

Śakuntalā-Janma-Nāmakaraṇa (Birth and Naming of Śakuntalā) | शकुन्तला-जन्म-नामकरणम्

Devanagari script

त्रयस्त्रिंशत इत्येते देवास्तेषामहं तव । अन्वयं सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि पक्षैश्ष॒ कुलतो गणान्‌,इस प्रकार आठ वसु, ग्यारह रुद्र, बारह आदित्य तथा प्रजापति और वषट्कार--ये तैंतीस मुख्य देवता हैं। अब मैं तुम्हें इनके पक्ष और कुल आदिके उल्लेखपूर्वक वंश और गण आदिका परिचय देता हूँ

Transliteration

trayastrīṃśata ity ete devās teṣām ahaṃ tava | anvayaṃ sampravakṣyāmi pakṣaiḥ kulato gaṇān |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana said: “These are the thirty-three gods. Now, for your sake, I shall clearly set forth their lineage and affiliations—explaining their groupings, their ‘sides’ or divisions, and their family lines.”

Word by Word

त्रयःthree

त्रिंशत्thirty

इतिthus; as

एतेthese

देवाःgods

तेषाम्of them

अहम्I

तवto/for you; of you

अन्वयम्lineage; succession

सम्प्रवक्ष्यामिI shall fully tell/explain

पक्षैःby groups/sides (pakṣas)

कुलतःaccording to family/line

गणान्groups; hosts

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Devāḥ (the gods)

Trayastrīṃśat (the thirty-three gods)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes